Make an Elmer the elephant using a milk jug and coloured tissue squares! A great craft for kids to go along with a much-loved story book which can be used as a story prop or puppet too.
This is a classic craft that we were doing back when we were teaching and it is always popular as a way to celebrate the beloved Elmer character from David McKees wonderful story books. If you dont already know Elmer and his beautiful, patchwork design, youll be in for a treat when you discover this book with your little ones!
Materials needed for this milk jug Elmer elephant craft:
1 (or more) empty and clean milk jug containers
scissors
brightly coloured tissue cut into equal size and shape squares
PVA/ white glue and brushes
white card
black pen
Stand the milk jug up and cut into it just below the handle. This will form the elephants trunk. Then cut off the entire bottom half of the jug and cut four legs into it, as well as a little tail. Done!
We simply looked at the pictures in our Elmer book, then set out tissue and glue and started to stick. We talked about the squares needing to touch each other all of the way around his body, and that there should be no gaps. I helped start them off in a straight line, then they were very independent in continuing on their own.
Where some of the colours overlapped the colours occasionally bled into each other, but this looked lovely and we agreed that it improved his design even more! Once they were covered they added another wash of glue over the top to make it dry hard and shiny. It didnt take long at all, and then we came back to them to add ears and eyes.
The ears were made by cutting equal sized pieces of white card into semi circles, with a tab at the bottom so we could bend it and glue onto the body. They stuck the colours onto the ears before we attached them, then we trimmed around the edges where it had overlapped.
The eyes were simply white circles cut from card, with black pupils drawn with Sharpie markers.
All done and looking oh-so-adorable! These make a great puppet or story-telling prop and it would be fun to make some of the other elephants from the story, both in their usual grey colour and in their decorations from the Elmers day parade! Kids could make up their own designs and be as inventive as they can.
See all our other Arts and Crafts ideas for kids here.
The children are currently: 5, 4 and 2.
What they are learning as they play:
maths: a patchwork using repeating squares
creativity: junk model , sculptural art, overlapping, layering, experimenting with colour
literacy: using props and puppets for story-telling, brining story characters to life through games and retelling
physical: fine motor skills and coordination, working on a vertical plane
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[] This is one of the few UK activity blogs Ive been able to find. Again full of wonderful craft ideas for little ones I just love this little Milk Jug Elmer elephant []
Hello and welcome! Im Anna, Mama of 4, early years teacher and play enthusiast from the UK! Click here to read more about me.
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